Phonetic Families & Components
Sound Roots & Semantic Radicals Explorer
Decode Chinese characters by their shared sound roots and see how semantic radicals split their meanings across tones.
Popular Roots:
矍
4
Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (矍)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 2jué
Family Characters (4)
Root: 矍矍
jué
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Jue; to glance fearfully